Young is of Chinese heritage and comes from a musical family: her father Phil is a singer, accordionist, and composer, and her mother is an organist and accordionist. She began taking piano lessons at the age of four, and violin lessons at the age of seven. She graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Fine Arts[2] and began her career by posting videos of herself playing music in 2009.[3] In 2014, Young released an EP, Acoustics EP[4][5] and further expanded her discography with the release of a split EP with Natalie Evans in 2015.[6] In June 2017, Young released a second EP Acoustics EP 2.[7]
Young used her background in piano to use polyphony on a guitar. She taught herself guitar by ear after being hospitalized for an eating disorder.[8] She notes, "I write with my ear, so I’m not really in a box in terms of chord shapes. And I don’t use [traditional] shapes at all, which freaks a lot of people out! I have a million different tunings I work in too so I didn’t really put in the time to learn every shape in every tuning, that would be ridiculous."[9] She uses a technique of singing the part out loud and then replicating it on guitar to decipher the parts of the songs she writes.[9]
Young also creates unique illustration and art pieces, including work on some of her own guitars.[10] One of her paintings serves as the cover for her band's album Technicolor, released in June 2020.[11] She has also painted Willow Smith's guitar.[12]
Young has begun to teach a master course on guitar and finds that her style resonates with many of her students.[13][9] Before this she was mainly an art teacher, but by teaching while on tour she has become a music teacher.[9]
Young was featured in a Super Bowl LV Commercial in February 2021 for Logitech.[14] She is also featured on their website as a partner with tutorials and tips on how to use their equipment.[15]
As of 2019, Young plays two Ibanez Talman Prestige guitars with Seymour Duncan Five-Two single-coil pickups and custom sparkle finishes, and a 7-string, fanned-fret Strandberg that she has painted. During NAMM 2020, Ibanez announced her signature model, the YY10, a Strat-style Talman. It was released in late 2021, and she calls it the YY20 OCS (orange-cream sparkle).[16] She also plays a Yamaha A5R acoustic-electric guitar.[17]
Young plays through Vox AC amps. Her touring amp is an AC30.[18] On her Catharsis album, this was joined by a Roland JC-40.[19]
Young performing with Covet in 2022
Young performing with Covet, 2019
Discographyedit
Solo discographyedit
Extended plays
Acoustics EP (2014)
Yvette Young/Natalie Evans Split (2015)
Acoustics EP 2 (2017)
Piano EP (2019)
Singles
Sojourner (2017)
Rivulets (2018)
Cars and Girls (2020)
Sprout (2020)
Simple and Clean (2021)
Covet discographyedit
Albums
Effloresce (2018)
Technicolor (2020)
Catharsis (2023)
Extended plays
Currents (2015)
Covet on Audiotree Live' (2016)
Acoustics (2019)
Referencesedit
^Harrington, Jim (22 February 2016). "SXSW Bay Area spotlight: San Jose's Covet delivers magical math rock". Mercury News. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^Salvatin, Lorisa. "The Sound of Odd Numbers: Yvette Young". XPRESS Magazine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^Carnes, Aaron (17 December 2014). "Guitarist, Yvette Young, Leads Math Rock Band, Covet, With Piano-Like Finger-Tapping". Metro Silicon Valley. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^"Release group "Acoustics EP" by Yvette Young - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
^Glob, Cletus. "ALBUM REVIEW: YVETTE YOUNG - ACOUSTICS (2014 EP)". The AU Review. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^Frosh, Joel (2 November 2015). "LITTLE L RECORDS INTRODUCES NATALIE EVANS". Circuit Sweet. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^""I picked up the guitar when I was really sick in the hospital": Covet's Yvette Young". guitar.com. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
^ abcdNovember 2019, Rob Laing 18 (18 November 2019). "Yvette Young: "I jokingly call myself a hack because I figure everything out by ear and I don't really have a formula I follow"". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2021-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"Artwork of Yvette Young". Artwork of Yvette Young. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
^"Yvette Young Official Facebook Page". Facebook. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
^"Yvette Young designed the eye-popping artwork for Willow Smith's out-of-this-world St. Vincent signature model". guitarworld.com. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
^Jenna Scaramanga. "Yvette Young: "I'm really optimistic about the future of guitar. It's being used in a creative way and people don't know all the cool sounds you can get from it"". guitarworld.com/total-guitar.
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of herself playing music in 2009 3 In 2014 Young released an EP Acoustics EP 4 5 and further expanded her discography with the release of a split EP with Natalie Evans in 2015 6 In June 2017 Young released a second EP Acoustics EP 2 7 Young used her background in piano to use polyphony on a guitar She taught herself guitar by ear after being hospitalized for an eating disorder 8 She notes I write with my ear so I m not really in a box in terms of chord shapes And I don t use traditional shapes at all which freaks a lot of people out I have a million different tunings I work in too so I didn t really put in the time to learn every shape in every tuning that would be ridiculous 9 She uses a technique of singing the part out loud and then replicating it on guitar to decipher the parts of the songs she writes 9 Young also creates unique illustration and art pieces including work on some of her own guitars 10 One of her paintings serves as the cover for her band s album Technicolor released in June 2020 11 She has also painted Willow Smith s guitar 12 Young has begun to teach a master course on guitar and finds that her style resonates with many of her students 13 9 Before this she was mainly an art teacher but by teaching while on tour she has become a music teacher 9 Young was featured in a Super Bowl LV Commercial in February 2021 for Logitech 14 She is also featured on their website as a partner with tutorials and tips on how to use their equipment 15 Young was featured on Chunk No Captain Chunk s new album Gone Are The Good Days on the track Tongue Tied citation needed Gear editAs of 2019 Young plays two Ibanez Talman Prestige guitars with Seymour Duncan Five Two single coil pickups and custom sparkle finishes and a 7 string fanned fret Strandberg that she has painted During NAMM 2020 Ibanez announced her signature model the YY10 a Strat style Talman It was released in late 2021 and she calls it the YY20 OCS orange cream sparkle 16 She also plays a Yamaha A5R acoustic electric guitar 17 Young plays through Vox AC amps Her touring amp is an AC30 18 On her Catharsis album this was joined by a Roland JC 40 19 nbsp Young performing with Covet in 2022 nbsp Young performing with Covet 2019Discography editSolo discography edit Extended plays Acoustics EP 2014 Yvette Young Natalie Evans Split 2015 Acoustics EP 2 2017 Piano EP 2019 Singles Sojourner 2017 Rivulets 2018 Cars and Girls 2020 Sprout 2020 Simple and Clean 2021 Covet discography edit Albums Effloresce 2018 Technicolor 2020 Catharsis 2023 Extended plays Currents 2015 Covet on Audiotree Live 2016 Acoustics 2019 References edit Harrington Jim 22 February 2016 SXSW Bay Area spotlight San Jose s Covet delivers magical math rock Mercury News Retrieved 19 July 2016 Salvatin Lorisa The Sound of Odd Numbers Yvette Young XPRESS Magazine Retrieved 19 July 2016 Carnes Aaron 17 December 2014 Guitarist Yvette Young Leads Math Rock Band Covet With Piano Like Finger Tapping Metro Silicon Valley Retrieved 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